When Win8 adds a printer, it says "Can't open the add printer"?

  
                

Some Win8 users want to use the printing function, so the printer is added to the system, but the failure to add the printer appears. At the same time, the system prompts “Windows cannot open the add printer, the local print spooler service is not running”. How to solve this problem?
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Cause Analysis:

The above faults occurred when adding a printer, mostly because the print service in Win8 system did not start. This is the “Print Spooler” service in the local service.

Solution:

Just start the Print Spooler service before adding it. Start the step:

1. Press WIN+R to bring up the Run dialog, then enter Sercives.msc and press Enter, then the local service will be opened;

2, then find in the service list <;Print Spooler<quo;;

3, right click, select “ start & rdquo ;; At this point the system will try to start the service. After

service starts up, we go to the Add Printer Win8 will not appear on the above-mentioned problem.

Compared to the tutorial, everyone understands that in the Win8 system to use the printer function, the Print Spooler service item must be started. Sometimes it will be disabled by our careless optimization, so you should pay attention to it when you use it.

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